Really Really Smart Movies

Hook

After sludging my way through this movie I looked at my notebook to see what “haha funny” things I had noticed about the film. Circled was “Who really rules Neverland-Look to kid island?”

I restarted the film where Peter arrives at kid island. Peter is an immediate target of harassment being that he is obviously an ugly grownup.(Buddy, I feel ya there, oofa)

It seems Ruffalin is in charge of kid island because he is closest to puberty and controls Excalibur. No one seems to be challenging his rule I imagine because he has a golden sword and they only have goop-tipped arrows.

Come with me to the scene where Peter has been cornered and Ruffalin pulls out his sword. Here we see Ruffalin almost chop Peter in half (vertically) but stop short. Why? Not because the children around him shouldn’t be exposed to such a horrific act, but because he needs approval. Ruffalin doesn’t rule Neverland or kid island.

Enter the actual leader of Neverland, a small African-Neverlandian child. He grabs Peter’s face, I assumed it was to remove his spine ie; Mortal Kombat Finish Him, but caresses it. He “mushes” it in a way that I imagine the prisoner on “Scared Straight” would have mushed that one white kid’s face if given the chance.

After a good mushin he stretches Peters face backwards and whispers “Oh, There you are.” - Pardon?

This made me immediately burst out in a good laugh. Sheesh..What did Peter look like as a kid?

So I did some searching and made some calls.I found an original poster. showing young Peter that was denied by Disney executives. Enjoy.